NSC meets over N. Korea's suspected long-range missile launch

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NSC meets over N. Korea's suspected long-range missile launch

SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) -- The presidential National Security Council held a meeting Saturday after North Korea fired a suspected long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea, the presidential office said.

The NSC standing committee started the meeting at 6:30 p.m., presided over by National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han, it said.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 5:22 p.m. It marked the second missile provocation by the North this year.

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